Martin van Staden

Outsourcing responsibility to the state is usually convenient, but often results in some kind of perversity. The domain of electricity is no exception, now that

The State of Israel is not the world’s freest country and nor is it beyond reproach. But relative to its neighbours, Israel is a light

In 2024, with any luck, the Multi-Party Charter, or some other configuration of opposition parties, will take over the reins of central government, or at

South Africa is not the first place most people would think to look for examples of successful private, voluntarist initiatives that – with any luck

In the war between Russia and Ukraine, I am as pro-Ukraine as every sober-minded individual around the world today should be. This does not stop

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has responded favourably to finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s desire to bring fiscal restraint and discipline to South Africa’s public sector.

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me,’ is a crucially important lesson that all parents and educators must continue

Written constitutions are meant to limit government scope and power. Bills of rights are meant to safeguard individual freedom from government overreach. This is as

Like clockwork, any opposition to the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill is met with the rejoinder that the Bill ought to be

‘Government’ is a serious concept. Related theories of public utilities, the commons, and privatisation are similarly serious and nuanced. But sometimes what government does in